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Industrial Landscape by Tom Dixon

 

The designer collection Industrial Landscape by Tom Dixon was originally launched in 2016. Today, three years and several international interior projects later, ege carpets and the renowned British designer behind the collection unveil a sharp update of the all-pervading London structures and materials.

London – an eternal source of inspiration to Tom Dixon

Industrial Landscape mirrors the original London with all the raw, sometimes even rough, elements making up the city. Aged and patinated by the passage of time, through which the weather, people and industry have left their marks on the materials and thereby created a continuous development of new expressions. This is the essence of Industrial Landscape.

Introducing the new designs, Coal and Iron, the collection interprets two important industrial pillars. While Coal reflects the dark and mysterious substance that powered the Industrial Revolution, the Iron design imitates the gradual disintegration of the oxidized metal surface that generates a random hued patination.

Besides that, the collection consists of five other patterns: The Smoke design visualises the fumes from factories and workshops, while Wash is inspired by the white paste that temporarily covers shop windows during renovation. In Blur, the distorted city reflects in transient bits of water, while Tide shows the ever-changing sediments of the tidal River Thames. As the seventh and final design, Brick symbolises the London bricks visible all over the townscape.

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Technology revives old materials

Industrial Landscape results from the newest trends within architecture and interior design. While technology on one hand side brings us completely new and environmentally friendly materials it also facilitates a visual re-emergence of scarce resources and non-sustainable materials such as coal.

Tom Dixon explains: “As the raw materials become scarce or morally unjustifiable to use, we can replace them with man-made imitations. Digital technologies push the limits for, what is real and what is not while making it possible to use materials or elements from the past in a sustainable and responsible manner.”

The environmentally friendly product choice

Industrial Landscape comes as carpet tiles and broadloom. Mix and match the seven designs to create completely new expressions or combine with other collections from ege carpets for a unique flooring design.

The collection is, amongst others, available in ege carpets’ Highline 1100, Loop and Carré qualities that are made from regenerated and regenerable ECONYL® yarns. Produced from abandoned fishing nets and other industrial nylon waste these yarns can be reborn over and over again in a closed cycle. The tiles are fitted with ege carpets’ patented Ecotrust backing based on used water bottles that are turned into a strong and sound reducing felt material. The products are Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM and thus a completely green carpet choice.

Facts

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Tom Dixon

Tom Dixon (OBE). Born in 1959. Self-taught British Designer. Founder of the design brand “Tom Dixon” and Design Research Studio that specialises in high-end concept interiors, large scale installations and architectural design. Museums across the globe have awarded and acquired some of his work, including MoMA, NYC and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. With a commitment to innovation and a mission to revive the British furniture industry, he is inspired by the nation’s unique heritage to create extraordinary products for everyday use.

ege

ege is one of Europe's leading companies in the design, development and manufacture of unique, high-quality carpets with focus on sustainability. The company was founded in 1938 and uses the most advanced technology in the carpet industry. Furthermore, ege's declared objective is to contribute to a more sustainable world by continually striving to improve how we handle environmental, social and financial challenges, for the benefit of future generations.

Industrial Landscape

Each of the seven designs is available as tiles or broadloom that transform into different expressions reinterpreting the rough, raw everyday surfaces of the London cityscape that is so familiar to Tom Dixon.

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Smoke

The industrial history, production and manufacture of a coal-powered city

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Coal

Years of fossilisation produce the dark mysterious substance that powered the Industrial Revolution.

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Iron

The gradual disintegration of the oxidized metal surface that generates a random hued patination.

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Wash

The constant evolution and regeneration of people, places and ideas.

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Tide

The motion, sediment and flow of the tidal River Thames.

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Blur

The distorted city reflections in transient bits of water.

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Brick

The London brick is the symbol and defining material of the cityscape

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